Archives
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The problem with annual performance reviews
Esther Derby has a great post on an alternative to the yearly performance review.
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Where Do I Put The Logon Code?
Given that you have a dialog that is used to collect user credentials, where should the code that actually checks the credentials go? I have been given answers such as:
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The Difference Between Class & Instance Members
Recently I've run across several instances of confusion regarding class and instance members.
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The Insanity of Management Foot Dragging
An organization I once worked for had hired a CIO/VP of Engineering who played nice for about 3 months before showing his true colors. 15 months later after firing 25% of his staff (one at a time, not as a group) alienating the departments and causing another 25% to seek alternate employment he is finally asked to "resign". The remaining staff had an interesting reaction - as a group they celebrated his resignation the same day it was announced. Knowing what a dark cloud this person cast on the entire organization, why did the management team wait so long and waste do much employee potential putting up with this individual?
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Ben Hyde goes wonky
Ben Hyde posted about wanting the blue states to secede. Besides being a childish reaction to losing did he ever consider that most of the blue states voted in the 40% range for Bush and vice versa? Who's going to secede from who?
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Dan Appleman goes wonky
Dan posted about the elections and gave us advice to go join the ACLU because they protect everyone's rights (unless you're conservative). And yes I am proud to have Bush represent my party.
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Sorry about your guy
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Election Day - Enblogment
Dave Winer has a interesting idea he is calling enblogment. Here is my choice.
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StringBuilder.Equals
Interesting note: StringBuilder instances are only considered equal if Capacity, MaxCapacity and the string value are all the same. I guess it makes sense in a way, but it means I can't do a if (a == b) check because who knows what could have changed Capacity or MaxCapacity. So rather I have to do a if (a.ToString() == b.ToString())instead - messy.
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Angle brackets must go away
I was talking with Scott Hanselman (gratuitous name drop) about the difference between rpc and document style. It took me a moment since I don't deal with SOAP internals much any more. It occurred to me shortly thereafter that I don't really care other than I have a bias towards document style.